# Dropbox — developer ecosystem report

- GitHub org: `dropbox`
- Category: saas
- Overall score: 49.0 / 100
- Overall rank: #231
- Last refreshed: 2026-08-13

## Pillar scores

| Pillar | Score / 100 | Rank | Weight in overall |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Code & Polish | 49.0 | #468 | ~22% |
| Education | 51.0 | #745 | ~18% |
| AI readiness | 32.0 | #440 | part of Reach |
| Builder experience | 0.0 | #1 | ~12% |
| Community | 46.0 | #227 | ~16% |
| Reach | 55.0 | #226 | ~18% |
| Momentum | 50.0 | #222 | ~14% |

## Links

- GitHub: https://github.com/dropbox
- Website: https://dropbox.com
- Docs: https://developers.dropbox.com

## Public GitHub totals

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Repos analyzed | 12 |
| Stars | 61,410 |
| Forks | 8,316 |
| Open issues | 1,526 |
| Contributors | — |

## Top repositories

| Repo | Stars | Language | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [zxcvbn](https://github.com/dropbox/zxcvbn) | 16,026 | CoffeeScript | Low-Budget Password Strength Estimation |
| [lepton](https://github.com/dropbox/lepton) | 4,999 | C++ | Lepton is a tool and file format for losslessly compressing JPEGs by an average of 22%. |
| [godropbox](https://github.com/dropbox/godropbox) | 4,204 | Go | Common libraries for writing Go services/applications. |
| [hackpad](https://github.com/dropbox/hackpad) | 3,579 | Java | Hackpad is a web-based realtime wiki. |
| [djinni](https://github.com/dropbox/djinni) | 2,887 | C++ | A tool for generating cross-language type declarations and interface bindings. |
| [json11](https://github.com/dropbox/json11) | 2,589 | C++ | A tiny JSON library for C++11. |
| [PyHive](https://github.com/dropbox/PyHive) | 1,694 | Python | Python interface to Hive and Presto. 🐝 |
| [pyannotate](https://github.com/dropbox/pyannotate) | 1,443 | Python | Auto-generate PEP-484 annotations |
| [css-style-guide](https://github.com/dropbox/css-style-guide) | 1,216 | — | Dropbox’s (S)CSS authoring style guide |
| [goebpf](https://github.com/dropbox/goebpf) | 1,168 | Go | Library to work with eBPF programs from Go |
| [dbxcli](https://github.com/dropbox/dbxcli) | 1,145 | Go | A scriptable Dropbox CLI for files, shared links, teams, and automation workflows |
| [securitybot](https://github.com/dropbox/securitybot) | 989 | Python | Distributed alerting for the masses! |

## Methodology

Scores are computed from public signals only (GitHub, package registries, docs sites, community platforms). Pillar definitions: https://www.smoower.com/docs.md

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